New Galactica Series

Emperor Fritsch the Dense · #1 March 3rd, 2005, 09:06 AM

I dont know, ive been watching it since it came out here in the states and the only episode i REALLY liked was 33. Now that episode built up the story very well. The rest i watched and i didnt feel like my time was wasted but.....i was hoping for more action. I hope they pick up the action and make alot more, there is not enough SciFi shows on TV and that makes me want to cry IRL.

Makinus · #2 March 3rd, 2005, 05:12 PM

you can download it with a p2p program (and a very good connection), as all the series is already floating around in the net...

Did you know that anything aired in the open TV can be legally copied according to the laws of some countries? Brazil is one of these countries, so anything that was already aired in open TV (even it it was not a brazilian open tv) can be freely downloaded from the net and is perfectly legal (at least if you live in Brazil and some other countries), you can not ditribute it (that would be illegal), but you can download and watch it yourself without breaking any law, and you can keep copies of it for personal use and they are perfectly legal...

now i only need a good connection........

geoschmo · #3 March 3rd, 2005, 05:40 PM

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Makinus said:
Did you know that anything aired in the open TV can be legally copied according to the laws of some countries? Brazil is one of these countries, so anything that was already aired in open TV (even it it was not a brazilian open tv) can be freely downloaded from the net and is perfectly legal (at least if you live in Brazil and some other countries)

Two points about this. First, they are talkign about watching episodes before they've been broadcast. You can do that obviously if you can find it somewhere on the net, but I'm not sure it's legal even in Brazil. I've never heard of anyone gettign in trouble for watching shows off the net after they've been broadcast. Although these days with dvd sales it might be something they'd crack down on.

Second, you might want to make certain that that law applies to shows that are only available on cable television. BG is on Scifi which is a cable only network. It's not broadcast over the air, so the law may not apply.

Nodachi · #4 March 3rd, 2005, 09:53 PM

It was broadcast. SkyOne in GB got it before SciFi aired it.

Aris_Sung · #5 March 4th, 2005, 02:56 AM

This show just keeps on getting more and more interesting. It's great! And I'm glad that there is good character development. Makes the characters so much more real to me that you can almost sympathize with them...until you realize it's a TV show

Hope they keep up the great story writing.

BTW, has anyone noticed that at the end of the credits those two cartoon characters always keep on fighting in new ways and take turns getting beat up/killed.

Caduceus · #6 March 4th, 2005, 03:18 PM

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BTW, has anyone noticed that at the end of the credits those two cartoon characters always keep on fighting in new ways and take turns getting beat up/killed.

I haven't researched it, but that is a "vanity card" as it is called in the biz, which is usually the Paramount mountain, or MGM Lion roar or whatever production company. Those are likely to be the executive producers who apparently have more money than sense and have a rotating set of vanity cards.

gregebowman · #7 March 6th, 2005, 12:32 AM

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Aris_Sung said:
This show just keeps on getting more and more interesting. It's great! And I'm glad that there is good character development. Makes the characters so much more real to me that you can almost sympathize with them...until you realize it's a TV show

Hope they keep up the great story writing.

BTW, has anyone noticed that at the end of the credits those two cartoon characters always keep on fighting in new ways and take turns getting beat up/killed.

Amen to that. I just keep getting involved and want to know how each character is surviving. The only thing that's really missing is some slam-bam action. It looks like what they're trying to do in the first season is character development, then hopefully in the next season we'll see more action and survival situations. The only thing that bugs me about this show is Baltar and Number 6. Either have her appear in person, which she can't now since she accused Baltar of blowing up the defense computers, or show Baltar's genius at work without the distraction of having Number 6 in his mind. Don't get me wrong. I like looking at Tricia Helfer, especially when she's tantalizing Baltar. I just don't like what they're doing with her. And now that he admitted to her that he'll make sure everyone passes as human on his test, and we don't know the status of Tigh's wife, it leaves some ambiguity as to his motive to help Adama and the president. Eventually, this might blow up in his face, if Sharon or someone other unknown model who's been tested does some sabotage. I guess we'll have to wait and see, since not everyone has Skyone

Randallw · #8 March 6th, 2005, 12:59 AM

I had this idea, don't know if it will panout. I know Adama said that Earth was just made up, but they have to be going somewhere. I have this idea that after a few seasons they will discover the Earth Empire which has massive fleets easily able to wipe out cylon ships. What about it?

Makinus · #9 March 4th, 2005, 08:25 AM

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Nodachi said:
It was broadcast. SkyOne in GB got it before SciFi aired it.

So this would make it legal to be copied in Brazil.... as about cable tv, the law don�t allow copying of anything that is show in it, it is only legal if it was broadcast in "open tv" and cable tv is not "open tv"...

And as i stated earlier, you can only copy it for your personal use, distributing it will still be illegal, so, while theperson that copies the show for personal use is legal, but the source from that person copied from is illegal... (strange isn�t it? laws sometimes don�t make any sense)